Voters in battleground Wisconsin weigh in on who they are voting for and why

Описание: (22 Oct 2024)
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Kenosha, Wisconsin - 22 October 2024
1. Line of people waiting to vote on first day of early voting in Wisconsin
2. Close of register to vote sign at polling place
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerald Bruns, Trump voter:
"I'm voting for Donald J. Trump, and the reason being, I love his policies."
4. Close of sign at polling place
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerald Bruns, Trump voter:
"I love his policies on lowering taxes, taking care of our military, that's first of all, taking care of the border. He's going to straighten that border up just like he did back in '16."
6. Voter in line outside polling place
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerald Bruns, Trump voter:
"Is he the greatest personality? No, but I'm not voting for personality. I'm voting for policy."
8. Voting line inside polling place
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Raymond Lathrop, Trump voter:
"I didn't vote for him to be the pastor of my church. I voted for him to be the president of this country. This country needs to be run like a business. And he's a businessman."
10. Long line of voters
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Rodriguez, Harris voter:
"Woman's health is pretty much a big reason why I'm voting for her."
12. Line of voters
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Rodriguez, Harris voter:
"Predominately because I am a woman of color. And, you know, I'm like I said, I'm moderate, but my body, my choice."
14. Voting line
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Torres, Harris voter:
"She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's very intelligent and she knows the difference between right and wrong."
16. People waiting in line outside polling place
STORYLINE:
Voters lined up across battleground Wisconsin to cast their ballots Tuesday on the first day of early, in-person voting.

Donald Trump lost Wisconsin by just under 21,000 votes in 2020, an election that saw unprecedented early and absentee voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are expecting another razor-thin margin in Wisconsin, and both sides are pushing voters to cast their ballots early.

Raymond Lathrop, 75, a retired truck driver voted for Trump in Kenosha on Tuesday even though he disagrees with him on some issues.

“I didn’t vote for him to be the choir boy,” Lathrop said. “I didn’t vote for him to be the pastor of my church. I voted for him to be the president of this country. This country needs to be run like a business. And he’s a businessman.”

Maria Rodriguez of Kenosha, 30, says she works two jobs and likes Trump’s plan on the economy, but she voted for Harris because of her support for women’s reproductive rights.

“I’m moderate but my body, my choice,” she says, adding "you don’t need to be in my business.”

AP video shot by Teresa Crawford

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